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A truth wearing a costume it bought to fool you.
means A deliberately false statement made by someone who knows better and says it anyway.
from From Old English leogan, to deceive — a verb so old people were faking it before they could write it down.
Detection mythHumans spot lies barely above chance, near 54%.
Two kindsEnglish distinguishes lie (deceive) from lie (recline).
Body tellPupils often dilate during the cognitive effort of lying.